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The Perrhaiboi, Thessaly, Greece, 4th Century B.C.
The Perrhaiboi were a Pelasgian (indigenous non-Greek) tribal people who lived in Perrhaibia, north of Thessaly proper and bordering Macedonia. Their capital was Phalanna, and their most significant town was Olosson. In the Iliad, Homer wrote of "the valiant Perrhaiboi, who dwelt about wintry Dodona, and held the lands round the lovely river Titaresios, which sends its waters into the Peneus." The Perrhaiboi fought in the Battle of Thermopylae. Through most of their history they were overshadowed and controlled by Thessaly, although they had two votes at the Delphic Amphictyony. Philip II of Macedon took their kingdom and it remained under Macedonian control until the Roman conquest in 196 B.C.GB84106. Bronze trichalkon, BCD Thessaly II 556, Rogers 438, SNG Cop 196, HGC 4 156, cf. BCD Thessaly I 1244 (tetrachalkon, inscription in one line on right), BMC Thessaly -, VF, fantastic obverse, nice patina, reverse rough, Olosson (Elassona, Greece) mint, weight 8.934g, maximum diameter 20.7mm, die axis 0o, 4th century B.C.; obverse veiled head of Hera facing slightly left, wearing necklace; reverse Zeus standing left, nude, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, ΠEPPAI/BΩN in two downward lines, the first on the right, the second lower left; SOLD
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